Starkweather Summer Solstice Festival

press release: Friends of Starkweather Creek and the Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahara Neighborhood Association mark the 16th annual Starkweather Summer Solstice Celebration on Sunday, June 24, from 4-10 pm. This free event, held below the sledding hill at Olbrich Park on Lake Monona, features free canoe and paddle boat rides, music, drumming, singing, and dancing—concluding with a bonfire lighting at 8 PM. Bring your own picnic and thoughts to forget and lose in the fire ash and wishes to ascend with the smoke as we celebrate the beginning of Summer. Park closes at 10 pm. For information: madsolstice dot org or 608-251-1893.